Adhesive tape container with nesting feature



Sept. 3, 1946. w. 1-; PUNTE 2,406,900

ADHESIVE TAPE CONTAINER WITH NESTING' FEATURE- Filed June 30, 1944 Patented Sept. 3, 1946 ADHESIVE TAPE CONTAINER WITH NESTING FEATURE William F. Punte, Passaic, N. J., assignor to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 30, 1944, Serial No. 542,959

1 Claim.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a container for an adhesive tape spool.

An object of the invention is to provide a container which is so constructed that the adhesive tape spool may be completely housed therein and quickly removed when it is desired to use the tape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container of the abov type wherein the upper and lower ends thereof are so shaped and dimensioned that the lower end of one container may be inserted to a limited extent into the upper end of a companion container to facilitate the stacking of the containers and to prevent lateral shifting of one container on the other in stack.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same Figure 1 is a central vertical section through a plurality of containers, in the nested condition, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of one of the containers.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates containers, which are preferably cylindrical. These containers may be formed of metal, paper or plastics. Each container 5 is rolled at its top to produce an outer bead 6, which is preferably circular in cross-section, and preferably hollow. This bead provides an outwardly flaring portion of mouth 1, at the upper end of the container. The upper end is open as shown.

The container 5, near its opposite or lower end is offset inwardly providing a tapered shoulder 8, and a reduced portion 9 of relatively short length. The material of this end portion is rolled to produce a hollow bead l0, upon the inner side of said reduced end portion 9. This bead I 0 is circular in cross-section, providing a tapered out er wall II at the lower end of the container. This facilitates the insertion of th reduced end portion 9 of one container into the flaring nd 1. of the companion container. The beads 6 and I0 stiffen the container at their ends.

Each container is providedwith inwardly extending projections or detents l2, arranged near and spaced from the inclined shoulder 8, asv

shown. The numeral l3 designates a spool for holding adhesive tape or the like and this spool includes ends l4, provided with rounded edges or beads Hi.

In use, a spool or reel 13 is placed within each container, and the lower end I4 rests upon the lower bead l0, and the projections or detents extend slightly over the edge or head l5, thus holding the spool or reel against accidental displacement, but permitting of its removal, when desired. The upper end M of the spool or reel terminates short of the upper end of the container, thereby leaving a space for the reception of the reduced end portion 9 of the next container. The reduced end portion 9 of the upper container engages the companion container within the stiffening bead 6, and the bead l0 stiflens the reduced end portion 9, these contacting parts having proper functional engagement so that they will not improperly separate, but may be separated, when desired. The beads 6 and I0 serve to regulate this frictional engagement.

Any number of containers may be stacked one upon another and the stacked containers will .be maintained in alignment for the reason that the bottom portion of one container extends into the container which supports the same a sufiicient extent to prevent any lateral movement of one container relative to the other. The shoulder 8 forms a stop to limit the extent to which the bottom portion of the upper container is telescoped into the lower container. The curved portion H of the hollow bead I!) together with the curved portion 1 at the mouth of the container on which others are to be stacked facilitates the insertion of the bottom portion of the container into the mouth of a companion container. When the containers are stacked, it will be noted that the beads B and l 0 are opposed to each other and therefore the parts which are telescoped together are rigidified and this enables a firm friction grip be tween the containers when they are stacked, permitting the same to be readily separated by a little force. It will be noted also that the spool which is housed in the container is yieldingly held by the detents l2 and by placing a little pressure against the spool through the bottom end of the container it can be readily released from these detents and removed from th container.

It is to be understoodthat the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

I claim:

A container for an adhesive tape spool comprising a cylindrical body portion open at both ends and having the wall thereof at its upper end rolled outwardly into a hollow bead and havin its wall at the lower end thereof offset inwardly and inwardly rolled into a hollow bead, said inwardly offset portion being dimensioned so as to frictionally engage within the open end of a, companion container for the securing of one container to another in stacked relation,'s'aid oifset portion where it joins the remainder of the body wall providing a shoulder for limiting the extent to which the ofiset portion of the wall can be inserted within the open end of the companion container, said shoulder being substantially in the plane which tangentially contacts the upper surface of the bead at the open end of the companion container. 7

WILLIAM F. PUN'I'E. 

